Athletics at the 1930 Women's World Games

Athletics
at the 1930 Women's World Games
Athletics ; at the 1930 Women's World Games
Venue	Letná Stadium
Dates	6–8 September 1930
Nations	16

The athletics competitions at the 1930 Women's World Games in Prague were held from 7 to 9 September 1930 at the Letná Stadium.

The athletes competed in 12 events:^[1]^[2] running (60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 800 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay and hurdling 80 metres), high jump, long jump, discus throw, javelin, shot put and triathlon (100 metres, high jump and javelin). Several world records were set.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

At some days there were 20000 spectators in the stadium.^[7]

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 m	Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland	7.7	Lisa Gelius Germany	7.8	Kinue Hitomi Japan	7.8
100 m	Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland	12.5	Tollien Schuurman Netherlands	12.6	Lisa Gelius Germany	12.6
200 m	Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland	25.7	Tollien Schuurman Netherlands	25.8	Nellie Halstead United Kingdom	26.0
800 m	Gladys Lunn United Kingdom	2:21.9	Marie Dollinger Germany	2:22.0	Brita Lovén Sweden	2:24.8
80 m hurdles	Maj Jakobsson Sweden	12.4	Gerda Pirch Germany	12.7	Ursula Birkholz Germany	12.7
4×100 m relay	Germany Rosa Kellner Agathe Karrer Luise Holzer Lisa Gelius	49.9	United Kingdom Eileen Hiscock Ethel Scott Ivy Walker Daisy Ridgley	50.5	Poland Alina Hulanicka Maryla Freiwald Stanisława Walasiewicz Felicja Schabińska	50.8
High jump	Inge Braumüller Germany	1.57 m	Carolina Gisolf Netherlands	1.57 m	Helma Notte Germany	1.53 m
Long jump	Kinue Hitomi Japan	5.90 m	Muriel Gunn United Kingdom	5.76 m	Selma Grieme Germany	5.71 m
Shot put	Grete Heublein Germany	12.49 m	Gustel Hermann Germany	12.12 m	Liesl Perkaus Austria	11.48 m
Discus throw	Halina Konopacka Poland	36.80 m	Tilly Fleischer Germany	35.82 m	Vittorina Vivenza Italy	35.23 m
Javelin	Liesel Schumann Germany	42.32 m	Auguste Hargus Germany	40.99 m	Kinue Hitomi Japan	37.01 m
Triathlon	Ellen Braumüller Germany	198 pts	Kinue Hitomi Japan	194 pts	Ruth Svedberg Sweden	175 pts

Source^[8]

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↑ Leigh, Mary H.; Thérèse M. Bonin (1977). "The Pioneering Role Of Madame Alice Milliat and the FSFI in Establishing International Trade and Field Competition for Women" (PDF). Journal of Sport History. 4 (1). North American Society for Sport History: 72–83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
↑ Chronique de l'athlétisme féminin Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine NordNet.fr, Retrieved 10 December 2013
↑ "Onze dames blinken uit". De avondpost (in Dutch). 9 September 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
↑ DROZDEK-MAàOLEPSZA, Teresa (2014). "Women's World Games (1922–1934)" (PDF). Akademii im. Jana Dáugosza w CzĊstochowie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2022.